About IIBF
INDONESIA INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR
The Indonesia International Book Fair (IIBF) is an annual book fair organized by the Indonesian Publishers Association (Ikapi). IIBF was first held in 1980 and in 2025 it will be the 45th IIBF. Since 2014, IIBF – initially named Indonesia Book Fair – has transformed into an international book fair. IIBF is designed as a center for national and international promotional activities, transactions, discussions and interactions for publishers, literary agencies, writers, and librarians; literacy, arts, culture, and education activists; as well as other creative industry players.
For Indonesian publishing participants, IIBF is a gateway to global markets. Meanwhile, for international participants, IIBF is the gateway to entering the giant market in Southeast Asia.
With the theme Exloring Content, Enlightening Mind, IIBF 2025 hopes to become a pivot for the creative industry. Through IIBF 2025 there will be a meeting of various creative industry players, not limited to publishers and readers, but beyond that. Filmmakers, producers, animators, illustrators, designers, fashion and other creative industry players can use IIBF 2025 as a hub.
IIBF 2025 will be a book exhibition with many activities combined with intellectual property exhibitions and content markets. IIBF 2025 is also present as a festival, rendezvous arena, attractions, experiences, recreation and entertainment events centered on intellectual creations called books.
About IRF
INDONESIA RIGHTS FAIR
Indonesia Rights Fair (IRF) is the special place for international copyright transactions, networking activities, and meeting publishing friends worldwide, held annually since 2018. At IRF, publishers, authors, literary agents, or copyright owners can promote their copyrights to others such as publishers, movie makers and many others. Since 2020, IRF has a strategic partnership with VIRF as online business matchmaking platform.
About IKAPI
IKAPI – The Indonesian Publishers Association
The publishing industry in Indonesia is older than the nation itself. The publishing industry had been already up and running before independence was declared. The first indigenous publishers (bumi putera) were small scale and had a limited range of books. Even though these earlier publishers were small, they were scattered all over the giant Indonesian archipelago from Sumatra to Ambon. Most of their early publications were either articles from prominent local figures or educational books with simple packaging.
With the proclamation of independence, the publishing industry was given a new lease of life. The national publishers established an association to consolidate their interests. The main reason was to foster national unity and push the government as well as to contribute to the development of the nation through the books they published. IKAPI (Ikatan Penerbit Indonesia) was then and remains the name of the association.
The three founders of IKAPI were Sutan Takdir Alisyahbana, M. Yusuf Ahmad and A. Notosoetardjo. IKAPI has been based on the Pancasila (The Five Principles of Indonesia), cooperation and family values. In the beginning IKAPI had only 14 members. It was run without office, money or an operation licence. Five years later due to the hard work of the early pioneers this number had raised to 46, and ten years later consisted of 152 different publishers. With this amazing achievement, IKAPI nowadays has an office on Jalan Kalipasir 32, Central Jakarta 10330, with more than 2,700 members from all over Indonesia.
They are mostly operating in Java Island (more than 70%). Members who are in 34 provinces associate in the regions and representatives of IKAPI, such as IKAPI of Jakarta region, IKAPI of Central Java region, IKAPI of West Java region, IKAPI of North Sumatra region and IKAPI of West Kalimantan representative. In total, there are 18 regions and representatives under IKAPI’s umbrella. To promote IKAPI’s mission and vision, which are to expand reading opportunities and increase reading culture, to develop educational books, to disseminate Indonesian literature, and to protect authors and develop the publishing industry, each region of IKAPI creates and develops book fairs. They are such as Indonesia International Book Fair, Islamic Book Fair, Bandung Book Fair, Solo Book Fair and Jakarta Book Fair. Established in 1950, IKAPI just celebrated its 75th anniversary.